Without a confirmed head for more than a year and a half and after three trys, the Transportation Security Administration may soon have an administrator. On Thursday, June 17, the Senate Commerce Committee favorably reported John Pistole out of the committee to be TSA administrator and an assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland […]
Fly Iowa Challenge launches
The Iowa Aviation Promotion Group has launched the 2010 Fly Iowa Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to: Encourage pilots to visit Iowa’s airports; increase awareness of and promote Iowa’s airports; increase activity at Iowa’s airports; and increase the activity and proficiency level of pilots. Pilots from all across the U.S. can undertake the […]
WACO wing to become table
MotoArt and Gore Design have teamed to rescue and build a historical airframe into a new corporate conference table that was destined to be scrapped forever. This 1931 WACO wing was found in Idaho and brought to MotoArt’s Los Angeles studio to undergo a complete restoration into a 20-foot-long conference table.Completion and installation is scheduled […]
PilotE6B/WX iPhone app released
Just released is CoDeveloper’s new PilotE6B/WX iPhone app, which provides pilots with more than 50 common aviation calculations and unit conversions, as well as access to current weather data, in-place unit conversion, GPS-tied METAR and TAF access, and in-flight timers. Features include: The pilot can specify units of measurement for all calculation parameters and results, […]
Mid-Continent Instruments offers online ordering
Mid-Continent Instruments has added online ordering to its newly revamped website. The expanded website provides 24-hour online ordering capabilities, as well as a real-time sales inventory, quick ordering of new outright, new exchange or overhaul exchange units, the ability to request a repair or return for credit (RMA), and review company transaction history, such as […]
New book on Vietnam helicopter pilots released
Just released is “The Red Tavern,” the true story of the silent preachers of the First Air Cavalry Division, who piloted the Huey helicopters that were the beginning and end of every Vietnam story. The story is set in 1967, following the First Cavalry Division’s Ia Drang Valley campaign, which gave rise to the book […]
Sporty’s training courses go mobile
Sporty’s now offers flight training video courses made specifically for mobile devices. Available as an add-on option to Sporty’s Online Flight Training Courses, the new Mobile Video Courses are offered for the Recreational, Private and Instrument ratings. The new Mobile Video Courses are optimized for mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones. Training progress […]
The fight to save 38J
By BILL WALKER, For General Aviation News The story is painfully familiar. A once thriving airport, this one in rural South Carolina, falls on hard times and faces permanent closure. Hemingway-Stuckey Airport, 38J, hit bottom last year when the State Aeronautics Commission told local officials to clean up the place or close it. The hard […]
Skycatcher wins award
Cessna’s Light Sport Aircraft, the Model 162 Skycatcher, has been named winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Piper General Aviation Award for 2010. The award is made annually to a company or product judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of general aviation. The 162 achieved required ASTM […]